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This episode summarizes my current thinking (as of September 2024), about how we can manage our minds to flourish as we age.  I suggest that the quirky nature of our mind is more understandable when we realize that we have multiple, semi-independent minds that compete for our attention. 

I offer four examples of multiple minds . Each one causes its own form of confusion and suggests just how we need to manage our minds to overcome conflict, confusion and mental distortions. The four multiple mind frameworks are:

• Hemispheric Lateralization
• The entropic Mind
• The Extended Mind
• Functional Brain Networks

I conclude by explaining how  various practices of meditation effectively address the mind-management objectives for each framework. 

I succumb to my weakness for acronyms and suggest an A.I.M. approach to mind-management. Awareness - Impact - Modification. We can: 1) use the disciplines of meditation to become more aware of how our mind works, then 2) we can evaluate the positive or negative impact of the various mental states that compete for our attention, and finally, 3) we can learn to modify those mental states in ways that enhance our ability to flourish as we age. 

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